Reporting Date: 30th June 2012

Hyena by the water-hole.

The place to see hyenas in large numbers is usually the Lamai plains on the extreme north of the Serengeti. Here there exist some water-holes that last for a long time after the rains and the hyenas like cooling themselves in these places during the hot days. Our ranger Godson found one young  hyena  by  one of the water-holes. When the grass is a bit long, these hyenas take advantage of the situation to lie in wait for the numerous  Topis  that also share the habitats.

Reporting Date: 28.6.2012

The long grass in the maasai mara game reserve is keeping most of the herbivores outside the reserve where the grass is kept short by the maasai livestock.This is important to the plains game as they can spot the predators at a distance. The giraffes are exempted from this  because of their height.

On full day game drive Ferdinard and his guests came across a tower of giraffe that posed for them when they stopped infront as if they were photogenic giving all sort of profiles.

Reporting Date: 24.06.2012

After singling out the lone Buffalo the Lions decided to take it to the next level. Peter and his guests were amused by the determination the Lions had. Before the Buffalo could get back to the rest of the herd the Lions had already surrounded it and tried to pin it down. The battle continued for a short while without any success and soon enough the rest of the herd arrived and chased the Lions away. This time round the Lions were chased over 100 yards away from the herd. Peter's guests found it funny to see the king of the jungle run for dear life with over 500 angry Buffalo behind them.

Reporting Date: 24th June 2012

Migration updates 24th June 23, 2012

Last week, a large group of wildebeests were on their way towards the Togoro plains near Lobo after having separated from the main group which is currently spread out in the area near Fort Ikoma on the western edge of the park. These group has now reached the Lobo area, a place of scattered  acacia trees and rocky outcrops on the eastern edge of the park. It is the group that has come closer to the northern boundary of the Serengeti and mara (but still at a distance of about 30 kilometers to the border) and are estimated to be  about 400, 000 individuals.We hope that in the next one week if nothing changes, they will be  reaching the sand river area on the border.

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Reporting Date: 23.06.2012

While watching the breathe taking battle Peter and his guests noticed a huge herd of Buffalo hurriedly running towards the Buffalo cow and her calf. His guests were anxious to see what would happen when the huge herd arrived and sure enough the Lions fled the scene one by one after realising they had been out numbered by the mighty beasts. Peter decided to follow them for a while to acertain wether the Lions had really given up or were willing to give it a final chance. To his guests suprise they re-grouped  and went ahead and started singling out a lone Buffalo that was lagging behind the herd.

Reporting Date: 22.6.2012

Peter and his five guests were on a fullday gamedrive and were hoping to see some Lions. They spend the better part of the morning around Sopa plains looking for the Sopa pride. Around midday they came across a lone lioness sitting under a thicket with a huge herd of Buffalo nearby. After a short while they came across the rest of the pride and after a short while the lions started heading towards the buffaloes. To everyone's suprise the lions sorrounded a lone buffalo and her calf who had been lagging behind and tried to take down the calf. After several attempts the lions had to flee because the rest of the herd came to the rescue.

Reporting Date: 19.6.2012

The end of the long rains is around the corner and maasai mara game reserve is lushing with grass ready to welcome the great migration like it has done many years back. Some part of the reserve host many plain game and grass has been kept short by the daily graze. Its here you find them in big partys in that they can spot any predator at a distance. peter and his guest came across this groupings relatively relaxed.

Reporting Date: 19th June 2012

Cheetah on the lookout.

Where the grass is tall and visibility is poor, the cheetahs would take advantage of the termite mounds as points to look around for either prey or fellow predator. Thereafter, if it is a prey they have spotted, they would begin to move towards it with the aim of bringing it down.  If it is a fellow predator like a lion, they would work towards avoiding it. Currently in the Serengeti, the best  places to look out for the cats is on the elevated spots like the termite mounds and the rocky outcrops

Reporting Date: 15th June 2012

Leopard strolling in the grasslands.

Most of the times when the largest spotted cat in Africa is seen in the wild, it is usually  on the trees, but they are also very good at doing their activities on the ground. They would follow prey over short distances before pouncing on them, thereafter their prey would be stored up on the trees for safe- eating, away from other predators. Today, our ranger Deus and his guests spotted a big female leopard walking on the vast Serengeti grasslands which at the moment are quite tall in various places due to the recent heavy rains. It was not shy at all and they followed her for a little while before it disappeared onto some rocky outcrops.

Reporting Date: 11TH JUNE 2012

Lamai pride in the shade

Ranger  Deus and his guests found a group of lions in the shade in the middle of the lamai plains.These lions  had already had their breakfast of a zebra nearby  which they had killed in the night and were so relaxed. They chose a strategic place by the water-hole where they could still lay ambush on some animals coming to quench their thirst. They remained in the same position the whole day  before eventually shifting to the other parts of their  territory. when it became cooler.